Monthly Archives: October 2008

A happy find in the library lead me to the discover of Chatter Stones, a toy made of two shaped and polished pieces of what some shops claim to be Hematite (sometimes they call it magnetic Hematite) a naturally occurring iron oxide. Besides being very pretty and tactility satisfying they are strongly magnetic.

I was enchanted.

After playing with the one found the in the library against the desensitiser (itself a large magnet) I went searching the web for stores that stocked these little wonders. Sometimes called Singing Money Balls (not kidding) I found these on a few science toy shops for about $3.95 to $4.95 a pair.

I then stumbled across this site claiming that the ‘Magnetic Hematite Singing Power Stones’ could have the following uses:

Healing

Meditation

Grounding (only if you find yourself on the Magnetic Island I’m thinking)

Amulet

Metaphysical

Desk Toy

Stress Relief

Aid to quit smoking

Jet lag

Fridge Magnet

Very magical little items you may think. Well not as magical as their price. For $14.95 you get your $3.95 magnetic stones as well as an 8 page (that’s two A4 pages folded in half with a staple through the middle) and a fake suede pouch.

To top this off the magnetic hematite (check out link above) that these ‘stones’ are made of is not hematite at all. It’s a man-made substance that has no hematite in it whatsoever making it a very cool toy as well as a real fake natural cure-all.